Fredericton North (French: Fredericton-Nord) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from 1973 to 2006, and was contested again in the 2014 New Brunswick general election. It was split between the ridings of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2006 until 2014.

Fredericton North (2014-present)
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Fredericton North (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Luke Randall
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2014
Last contested2024
Demographics
Population (2011)15,511[1]
Electors (2013)11,366[2]
Census division(s)York
Census subdivision(s)Fredericton
Fredericton North (1974-2006)
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished2006
First contested1974
Last contested2003
Demographics
Electors (2003)14,096[3]
Census division(s)York

From 1974 to 2003, the riding consisted of the whole of the northside of the city of Fredericton. From 2014, it contained only a subset of that former territory, namely the former towns of Devon and Nashwaaksis (excluding parts north of the Ring Road).

Fredericton North (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Fredericton
48th  1974–1978     Lawrence Garvie Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982 Ed Allen
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Jim Wilson Liberal
52nd  1991–1995     Ed Allen Confederation of Regions
53rd  1995–1999     Jim Wilson Liberal
54th  1999–2003     D. Peter Forbes Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006     Thomas J. Burke Liberal
Riding dissolved into Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
Riding re-created from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
58th  2014–2018     Stephen Horsman Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2024     Jill Green Progressive Conservative
61st  2024–Present     Luke Randall Liberal

Election results

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2020–present

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2024 New Brunswick general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Luke Randall 4,130 51.13 +32.7
Progressive Conservative Jill Green 2,753 34.08 -7.5
Green Anthea Plummer 922 11.41 -19.8
New Democratic Matthew Stocek 120 1.49 +0.3
People's Alliance Glen Davis 107 1.32 -6.3
Libertarian Andrew Vandette 46 0.57
Total valid votes 8,078 99.80
Total rejected ballots 16 0.20
Turnout 8,094 66.79
Eligible voters 12,119
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.1
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]
2020 provincial election redistributed results[5]
Party %
  Progressive Conservative 41.6
  Green 31.2
  Liberal 18.4
  People's Alliance 7.6
  New Democratic 1.2
2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jill Green 3,227 41.13 +12.89
Green Luke Randall 2,464 31.40 +14.41
Liberal Stephen Horsman 1,464 18.66 -12.95
People's Alliance Allen Price 591 7.53 -13.83
New Democratic Mackenzie Thomason 100 1.27 -0.52
Total valid votes 7,846 99.47
Total rejected ballots 42 0.53 +0.33
Turnout 7,888 66.29 -0.20
Eligible voters 11,900
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.92
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephen Horsman 2,443 31.61 -1.99
Progressive Conservative Jill Green 2,182 28.23 -3.50
People's Alliance Lynn King 1,651 21.36 +17.21
Green Tamara White 1,313 16.99 +6.72
New Democratic Scarlett Tays 139 1.80 -18.45
Total valid votes 7,728 100.0
Total rejected ballots 16 0.21 -0.03
Turnout 7,744 66.48 +0.34
Eligible voters 11,648
Liberal hold Swing +0.75
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Stephen Horsman 2,589 33.60
Progressive Conservative Troy Lifford 2,445 31.73
New Democratic Brian Duplessis 1,560 20.25
Green Madeleine Berrevoets 791 10.27
People's Alliance Patricia Wilkins 320 4.15
Total valid votes 7,705 100.0
Total rejected ballots 18 0.23
Turnout 7,723 66.14
Eligible voters 11,676
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Troy Lifford was the incumbent from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]

1974–2006

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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T.J. Burke 4,163 47.35 +4.59
Progressive Conservative D. Peter Forbes 3,211 36.52 -10.67
New Democratic Dennis Atchison 1,418 16.13 +8.82
Total valid votes 8,792 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +7.63
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. Peter Forbes 4,081 47.19 +26.65
Liberal Brad Woodside 3,698 42.76 -6.17
New Democratic Todd Joseph Tingley 632 7.31 -5.10
Confederation of Regions Ronald Rubar 203 2.35 -15.78
Natural Law William Parker 34 0.39
Total valid votes 8,648 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.41
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Wilson 4,235 48.93 +17.46
Progressive Conservative Walter Brown 1,778 20.54 +5.80
Confederation of Regions Ross Ingram 1,569 18.13 -31.16
New Democratic Elaine Perkins 1,074 12.41 +7.91
Total valid votes 8,656 100.0  
Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions Swing +5.83
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Confederation of Regions Ed Allen 6,052 49.29
Liberal Jim Wilson 3,864 31.47 -26.54
Progressive Conservative Donald H. Parent 1,810 14.74 -16.44
New Democratic Richard Stephen DeSaulniers 553 4.50 -3.23
Total valid votes 12,279 100.0  
Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal Swing +37.92
Confederation of Regions candidate Ed Allen gained 18.11 percentage points from his performance in the 1987 election running as a Progressive Conservative.
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Wilson 6,667 58.01 +26.48
Progressive Conservative Ed Allen 3,584 31.18 -28.37
New Democratic Carman J. Burns 888 7.73 -1.19
Independent Gordon "Brian" King 354 3.08
Total valid votes 11,493 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +27.42
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Edwin G. Allen 6,392 59.55 +3.68
Liberal Bob C. Chase 3,384 31.53 -5.63
New Democratic Nancy MacFarland 958 8.92 +1.95
Total valid votes 10,734 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.66
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Edwin G. Allen 5,304 55.87 +3.22
Liberal Carl Edward Howe 3,528 37.16 -7.58
New Democratic Christopher Devlin Hicks 662 6.97 +4.36
Total valid votes 9,494 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.40
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Garvie 4,792 52.65
Liberal Carl Edward Howe 4,072 44.74
New Democratic Michel Goudreau 238 2.61
Total valid votes 9,102 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Fredericton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Lawrence Garvie being one of two incumbents.
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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "List of Candidates". Elections NB. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Fredericton North". 338Canada. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.